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Descript pricing changes: What You Need to Know!
If you use Descript for podcasting, video editing, or transcription, the recent Descript pricing changes that took effect on September 23rd, 2025 are worth paying attention to.
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Descript Export button is disabled: How I Fix the Export Button When It’s Greyed Out
In a recent walk-through I published, I show a quick diagnostic and fix for when the Descript Export button is disabled.
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New Descript Timeline: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Here's an extensive guide on the new Descript timeline - an updated interface feature that has recently been rolled out to all Descript users. Whether you’ve just been thrust into the new environment with little warning or you’ve been experimenting with it for a few weeks,
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Create a Typewriter Text Effect in Descript
You'll learn how to add and customize text elements, set up the typewriter effect using the latest animation features, and apply both in and out animations for a polished look.
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Fixing Mixed-Language Transcriptions in Descript
Descript sometimes produces transcripts that mix English with other languages (like German), even though the audio is clearly in one language. This can happen when the transcription language is left on Auto, which makes Descript guess the language instead of sticking to the one you want. The Solution Set a
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Should You Burn Captions in Descript for YouTube, or Upload Them Separately?
When editing in Descript, you have the option to burn captions directly onto your video. But should you use that feature for YouTube uploads? The short answer: usually, no. While you can burn in captions in Descript, uploading them separately to YouTube gives you and your viewers far more flexibility.
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Selectively Hide Captions in Descript Using Scenes
If you are looking to manage caption (or other object or layer) visibility in your Descript video for specific portions, this tutorial is for you. Whether you're creating educational content, presentations, or social media videos, there are times when you need to temporarily hide captions to prevent text
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Translate and Voice Your Videos in Another Language with Descript
Descript has recently updated its translation feature, moving out of beta and into a fully supported version. This update allows users to translate video compositions into different languages while also providing the option to dub the audio in the target language. This blog post will explore how to efficiently use
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Use Legacy AI Voices in Descript Underlord
In the latest versions of Descript Underlord, there have been significant changes, particularly concerning AI voices. The AI voices were redeveloped last year, and new engines were created, leading to the retirement of some old stock voices. While the new AI voices are more refined and natural, many users still
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Invite Editors to Your Descript Project for Seamless Collaboration
If you're working in Descript and would like to collaborate with someone, like send your project to an editor to make edits while you keep your project on your drive, there is a very easy way to do that by inviting them to your project. I see this
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Descript Exports a Duplicate Set of Subtitles with My Video
When you export a video from Descript, it will export the video but secretly add 'soft subtitles' to that video in the metadata as a subtitle track. There's no way to disable this in Descript, but you can remove them.
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Descript Migration: Classic to Storyboard - Minicourse
Don't Panic! We're About to Lose Access to Descript Classic Descript announced that their old version of the product - the Classic version - would be retired on October 1st. If you were still relying on it, unfortunately you have no choice anymore. I've